10. And you counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall.
11. And you made a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the old pool, but you did not look to its maker, and you did not see the one who created it long ago.
12. And the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, called on that day for weeping and mourning, and for baldness and girding with sackcloth.
13. But look! Joy and gladness, the killing of oxen and the slaughtering of sheep, the eating of meat and the drinking of wine! “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
14. And it was revealed in my ears by Yahweh of hosts: “Surely this sin will not be atoned for you until you die!” says the Lord, Yahweh of hosts.
15. The Lord, Yahweh of hosts, says this: “Go! Go to this steward, to Shebna, who is over the house:
16. ‘What business do you have here, and who do you have here, that you have cut a grave cutting here for yourself, carving his grave on the height, a dwelling place for him in the rock?